DDM over TCP/IP

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Has anyone successfully configured (2) AS/400's to use DDM over TCP/IP? We have (2) AS/400's connected over a TCP/IP connection and would like to use DDM to access a file. The AS/400's are nor running the same release (our's is running v3r2) and the other is running v4r2. Any ideas?

[frankgw@adelphia.net]

Novell Underwhelms at Networld+Interop In a clear signal that, at least as far as IBM is concerned, Novell NetWare is being supplanted by Windows NT as the adjunct operating system of choice to OS/400, Novell took the reins from IBM in trying to push its products at AS/400 sites with a new bundle of Novell and IBM connectivity products aimed at helping Novell sell into the AS/400 market. Novell will immediately start peddling a new Host Integration Solution, which comprises NetWare for SAA 4, NetWare Host Publisher 1.1, IBM Personal Communications 4.3, and IBM Host On-Demand 3.0. NetWare for SAA is a special version of NetWare 4.11 that includes special hooks and services for IBM AS/400 and S/390 servers. NetWare Host Publisher is a gateway program that runs on NetWare that allows users to gain access to AS/400 and mainframe applications through NetWare using a Web browser. Personal Communications is a PC-based emulator that provides 5250, 3270 and other emulations as well as support for SSL data encryption, ActiveX components and Java applets. Host On-Demand is a 100% Pure Java terminal emulator that provides much of the same functionality as Personal Communications. Novell says that the bundle will start shipping in June, and that pricing for the bundle will be attractive compared to buying the components separately. Exact prices have not been set yet. Novell was not able to wring any concessions out of IBM on supporting NetWare 5--its current product that supports native TCP/IP networking rather than the proprietary IPX protocol and also offers SSL encryption--on the AS/400's Integrated Netfinity Server card. The Novell products in the Host Integration bundle will run on the card, however. Novell's Directory Services (NDS) trump card, it turns out, is not much of a trump card at all because IBM has no plans to support NDS on the AS/400. This is odd, considering that OS/390, Windows NT, and AIX all have support. IBM says that it is working on its own directory services, called SecureWay, which will be available for the AS/400 as well as on other IBM platforms. Insiders at IBM's Rochester labs say NetWare development is essentially dead and that AS/400 customer interest in NetWare is waning. What remains to be seen is whether the latter is actually true or just an impression IBM wants to create. (IBM wants to be the biggest provider of NT solutions because it is focused on sales growth, not quality of service.) I certainly think IBM wants waning interest in Netware to be true, and by constantly keeping Novell at a disadvantage to Microsoft, the AS/400 division may be doing nothing more than forcing a prophecy down AS/400 users' throats. And odds are, many of the good-hearted, open-minded people in Rochester aren't any too happy about this course of direction, either. ************************************************** ******************** The above quote is from the Monday Morning Update for May 17, 1999 by Timothy Prickett Morgan. Any comments? Just an old mainframer caught in the Web!